Scientific Programme

All times in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

December 1st

08:30 Registration

09:30 Opening Session

09:45 Symposium I: New insights into the mechanisms regulating axonal development and maturation
Ramiro Almeida [iBiMED - UA & CNC - UC]
Mónica Sousa [i3S - UP]
Rita Teodoro [CEDOC - NMS - UNL]

10:45 Coffee break

11:15 Keynote Speaker (Sponsored by International Society for Neurchemistry)
David Rubinsztein [Cambridge Institute for Medical Research]

12:15 Company Techbites

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Poster session [CMN, NCB, NPND] and Sponsor Exhibition

15:30 Gene Therapy Workshop (Sponsored by Novartis)
Cecilia Lundberg [Lund University]
Bernard Schneider [Gene Therapy Center, EPFL]
Rui Nobre [ViraVector & III & CNC - UC]
16:30 Coffee break

17:15 Keynote Speaker
Guillermina López Bendita [Instituto de Neurociencias, CSIC]

18:15 SPN General Assembly   

19:15 Beer Tasting (Sponsored by Praxis)       

December 2nd

09:00 Keynote Speaker
Michael Heneka [German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases]

10:00 Selected Talks
José Mateus [i3S - UP]
Marcelo Mendonça [Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown]
Ana Isabel Silva [i3S - UP]
Isabel Paiva [UMR6473/CNRS - Uni. of Strasbourg]
Joana Magalhães [i3S - UP]

10:45 Coffee break (Sponsored by Lusopalex)           

11:15 Symposium II: Neuronal Circuits and Behavior
João Peça [CNC - UC]
Megan Carey [Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown]
Ana João Rodrigues [ICVS - School of Medicine - Uminho]

12:15 EBRAINS Initiative Presentation
Steven Vermeulen [EBRAINS AISBL]

12:45 Lunch and poster session   

13:45 Poster session [NNR, MM] and Sponsor Exhibition

15:45 Symposium SPB: A biophysical perspective on degenerative diseases: protein assembly and phase separation
Sandra Macedo Ribeiro [IBMC - i3S - UP]
Salvador Ventura [IBB -Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona]
Ana Melo [IBB - IST - UL]

16:45 Coffee break

17:15 Keynote Speaker
Maria João Saraiva [i3S - UP]

18:15 Roundtable on Ethics in Neuroscience Research
Anna Olsson [IBMC - i3S - UP]
António Jacomo [Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Politécnico e Universitário]
Megan Carey & Carmen Sandi
João Cordeiro [UNL]

20:00 Gala Dinner
       

December 3rd

09:00 Keynote Speaker
Carmen Sandi [Brain Mind Institute - EPFL]

10:00 Symposium SPN: Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration - thinking outside the box protein assembly and phase separation
Tiago Fleming Outeiro [University Medical Center Goettingen]
Cláudia Guimas Almeida [CEDOC - NMS - UNL]
Ioannis Sotiropoulos [ICVS - School of Medicine - UMinho]

11:00 Coffee break (Sponsored by Santa Casa da Misericórdia)

11:30 Selected Talks
Miranda Mele [CNC - UC]
Luisa Santa Marinha [ICVS - School of Medicine - Uminho]
Ana Patrícia Simões [CNC - UC]
João Gomes [i3S - UP]
Diogo Lourenço [Instituto de Farmacologia e Neurociências & iMM - FMUL]

12:15 Symposium SPDM: "Translational aspects of polyglutamine diseases:
novel biomarkers and therapeutic approaches"

Patrícia Maciel [ICVS - School of Medicine - Uminho]
Leonor Correia Guedes [iMM - FMUL]
João Lemos [Neurology of Vision and Balance Unit - CHUC]

13:15 Closing Remarks           

Symposia | Workshop | Round-table

Symposium I

New insights into the mechanisms regulating axonal development and maturation

Chair: Ramiro de Almeida
         iBiMED, University of Aveiro

Symposium II

Neuronal Circuits and Behavior

Chair: Ana João Rodrigues
ICVS, University of Minho

Symposium SPB

A biophysical perspective on degenerative diseases: protein assembly and phase separation

Chair: Sandra Macedo-Ribeiro
I3S, University of Porto

Symposium SPN

Molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration - thinking outside the box

Chair: Tiago Fleming Outeiro
University Medical Center Göttingen

Symposium SPDM

Translational aspects of polyglutamine diseases: novel biomarkers and therapeutic approaches

Chair: Leonor Correia Guedes
iMM, University of Lisbon

Workshop

Gene Therapy

Chair: Luís Pereira de Almeida
CNC, University of Coimbra

Round-Table

Ethics in Neuroscience Research

Chairs: Catarina Resende de Oliveira
Cláudia Pereira
CNC, University of Coimbra

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